Pallet Swing Build

I love to build, to use my hands, to make things. I've always loved to build and fix things. It is a passion. While I don't always have the money to buy materials, I use what I have. Recently I built a pallet swing. I have had extras in my garage for more than a year with nothing to use them for. My wife saw on hanging on someone's porch and said she wanted one. Her thought is as the kids play outside she can be lounging in the swing watching them. So, wanting to make her happy, I built one. It is double wide and has a back rest to it.

For it being old pallets, I think it turned out pretty good and will hold up as long as 8 people aren't laying on it at the same time. I need to get eye-hooks and chains for it and make sure the trusses in the carport will hold it. Not to mention, it's still winter, so it's cold....and I don't want to be outside longer than I need to be. Come warmer weather, I will be pulling down plywood from my carport ceiling to see what kind of trusses are up there and if I need to beef them up a bit in order to hold this swing. To add to the environment of the swing, my wife wants to paint murals on each panel. I think that is a cool idea, but I need to get the darn things off the ceiling without breaking them in half. They are held in with 3 inch long framing nails.... little bit of overkill. But, they will never come loose.

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Building has always been a passion for me, as I stated above. It is a stress relief, my happy place. This totally relates to my last post about Passion. As I drive around in my work truck, I see people cutting down trees and I think "what could I make out of those??" I love it. You name it, I can probably build it. It's like common sense to me, the way things go together and how they work. I am also working on another pallet project; crates. I don't know how many I will be able to get out of one pallet but we'll see how it goes. 

What is Passion....??

What is passion...?? How can it be defined? Some relate it to the Crucifixion, others to emotion. As the saying goes "do what you love and love what you do." Passion. That is it, to do what you love and love what you do.

Most people have passion for certain things they do whether it be hobbies or their job or their friends and family. If you don't then you're probably just a cold hearted Scrooge. Me, I have a lot of passion for all of these things. I have felt it grow tremendously over the years. I'm 32 now and am starting to become set in my ways. That's not a bad thing. My passions range from hobbies such as woodworking to music to my friends and family. Whatever makes my heart happy, especially through rough times. Lately there have been some rough times for me. But, I force myself to look on the bright side. Some things that help me do that are immersing myself in music, being a drummer, building and woodworking, gardening, cooking, drawing and art, etc.

You know you have passion for something when it makes you smile just by thinking about it and getting excited. This is what woodworking does for me. I love to make things, no matter what it is. I'm not the best but I can make some pretty cool things. My latest projects were turning wood spindles for a porch and making a pallet swing. I have a few other ideas, such as making my own drum set from maple and/or oak, and designing my own wrap or burning for the outer shell. I'm still doing the research and trying to find materials for that one but I'm still pretty excited about it. Video to come with that one. 

Another big passion of mine is holiday food. I love to cook and bake comfort food, which explains why Autumn and Winter are my two favorite seasons.... Well, until January 1. At that point the temperature can go back up to 70 degrees and sunny until October. I love chocolate chip cookies. I bake lots of these, and chocolate covered pretzels, bread, pumpkin pie/bread/muffins, from Thanksgiving until Christmas. I may do some videos of these when the holidays come back around. Gardening is my escape from life during the spring and summer. I grow enough veggies to make lots of things like pickles, tomato sauce, hot sauce, dehydrated peppers, so on and so forth. I say that if I can grow it then I'm not buying it. I give a lot to my friends and family too though. I'll share.

My point, it makes me happy to make others happy. I'm a nice guy. That is my passion, making others happy in the things that I do and I like to share these instances so that more people can share in the happiness. Let me know what you think of my videos here, YouTube.com. Until next time....